US 12,359,866 B2
Built-in cooling device having a hinge box
Ali Bugra Keskinlioglu, Istanbul (TR); Alpkan Basaran, Berlin (DE); Sarah Gluck Griswold, Powell, TN (US); Erhan Kaya, Tekirdag (TR); and Cemalettin Hasturk, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/357,309.
Claims priority of application No. 2022/011868 (TR), filed on Jul. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0035733 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05D 5/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/10 (2006.01); E05D 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E05D 5/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/10 (2013.01); E05D 3/16 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/626 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/302 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01); F25D 2323/024 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A built-in cooling device, comprising:
at least one storage compartment having a front opening for accessing inside said at least one storage compartment;
a body surrounding said least one storage compartment, said body having an outwardly facing surface;
at least one hinge;
at least one door connected to said body by said at least one hinge, said at least one door being movable between a closed position covering said front opening and an open position allowing access to said least one storage compartment;
at least one hollow hinge box provided at said outwardly facing surface of said body, said at least one hollow hinge box configured to cause said at least one hinge to be at least partially placed against said at least one hollow hinge box upon said at least one door being in the closed position, and said at least one hollow hinge box having a side surface facing outwardly from said body;
at least one fixation bracket having one side to be connected to said body and another side extending toward said side surface of said at least one hollow hinge box, for fixing said body into a cabinet at least partially surrounding said body upon placing the built-in cooling device into the cabinet; and
said side surface having at least one access aperture formed therein for providing access to said fixation bracket from an inner side of said hinge box upon said at least one door being in the open position.